Why is it when I play solitaire on my computer one of the scoring options is Vegas? Were there ever any ';solitaire tables'; in vegas? Or did they just make that up? ;)
Was solitaire ever a gome played in Vegas
WAY back it was played. You paid a set sum for a deck. Say $10 for easier mathmatics. You decided the actual ammount and the ';Boss'; decided if he would accept it. You now played the game while Boss watched. A good Boss could watch 4 games at once. If you missed a move you could have made, game was over. You went through the deck one card at a time. When it was all over you were paid 1/10 of your bet for each card up above. So on a $10 bet, 10 cards broke even. 20 cards up made you a $10 profit.
I understand there were a few rule variations, like if you had ten or more cards up you could go through the deck once again on an ';all or nothing'; bet. This means that all 52 cards are up after that pass and you are paid $52, or you win nothing. But I wasn%26#39;t able to find definate proof of this variation being used in a casino.
Because of the table space involved and low profit margine, it didn%26#39;t last. Slots and other table games were more profitable.
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